931 CDUS43 KDMX 220641 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 140 AM CDT SAT APR 22 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 2017... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2017 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 62 129 PM 91 1980 65 -3 69 MINIMUM 41 542 AM 24 1966 43 -2 49 AVERAGE 52 54 -2 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.66 1984 0.14 -0.14 0.11 MONTH TO DATE 2.07 2.47 -0.40 1.48 SINCE MAR 1 5.54 4.77 0.77 3.46 SINCE JAN 1 8.05 7.05 1.00 5.23 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 1918 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.6 -1.6 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 3.6 6.8 -3.2 0.3 SINCE JUL 1 14.3 35.1 -20.8 30.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 12 1 6 MONTH TO DATE 175 322 -147 260 SINCE MAR 1 893 1118 -225 818 SINCE JUL 1 4593 5949 -1356 4801 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 15 4 11 11 SINCE MAR 1 15 5 10 11 SINCE JAN 1 15 5 10 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 300 AM LOWEST 35 300 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 93 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 26 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2017.........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT APRIL 23 2017.........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$